Our Leadership
Kids’ Chance of Mississippi brings together many of the leaders in the workers’ compensation industry to steer the organization and ensure it fulfills its purpose.
2025-2026 Board of Directors
Judge Deneise Lott (President)
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission (Retired)
H Byron Carter III (Treasurer, Scholarship Chair)
Carter Law Firm
Wendy Powell (Immediate Past President)
Mississippi Association of Self-Insurers
Commissioner Beth Harkins
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission
James Moss, MD
Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center
Richard Self
Department of Finance and Administration (Retired)
Lindsay Varnadoe
Morgan & Morgan
Ty Pennington
Pennington Vocational Services
Judge Megan Garrott
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission
Molly Stanley
Capital Ortho
Paula Harrison
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission
Ray Gustavis (Vice President)
Chhabra & Gibbs, P.A.
Cora Beth Hartfield (Fundraising Chair)
Mississippi Truck Food & Fuel Self Insured Fund
Judge Jenny Nicaud (Secretary)
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission
Amanda Orr
Taylor Wellons Politz & Duhe
Bryan Nelms
NewSouth NeuroSpine
Greg McLemore
Ascot Workers’ Compensation
Amy Hardin
Eastern Alliance
Lauren Pierce
Ethix Comp
Arthur Russell
Mississippi Insurance Guaranty Association
Joyce Wells
Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission